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Admission Counsellor at upGrad · Noida, Lucknow · 3 - 11 years · ₹7.5L - ₹11L / yr · Raised funding · Posted 27 Sep 2026

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Admission Counsellor

Agency job
3 - 11 yrs
₹7.5L - ₹11L / yr
Noida, Lucknow
Skills
Sales
Inside Sales
Communication Skills

Hiring: Academic Counsellor & Senior Admission Counsellor

Company: upGrad

Industry: EdTech

Open Positions

1. Academic Counsellor – Lucknow

  • Experience: 2+ years mandatory in EdTech Sales
  • CTC: Up to ₹7.5 LPA Fixed + ₹4 LPA Incentives

2. Senior Admission Counsellor – Noida

  • CTC: Up to ₹11 LPA Fixed + ₹4 LPA Incentives

3. Team Lead - Kolkata Location (Must know Bengali)

  •     CTC: Up to ₹11 LPA Fixed + ₹4 LPA Incentives

Key Skills & Requirements

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • 2+ years of relevant EdTech Sales experience mandatory for Academic Counsellor
  • Strong sales, counseling, lead-conversion, and follow-up skills
  • Ability to achieve and consistently meet sales/admission targets
  • Strong objection handling and negotiation skills
  • Good relationship-building and student counseling abilities
  • Career stability with consistent tenure in previous organizations
  • Comfortable working in a target-driven environment

Key Responsibilities

  • Counsel prospective students and understand their educational and career requirements.
  • Explain relevant courses/programs and guide students through the admission process.
  • Manage leads through calls, follow-ups, and consultations.
  • Convert qualified leads into admissions and achieve assigned targets.
  • Handle student queries, objections, and concerns effectively.
  • Maintain regular follow-ups and manage the complete counseling-to-admission cycle.
  • Update and maintain accurate lead/customer information in the CRM.
  • Build strong relationships with prospective students and ensure a smooth admission experience.

Preferred Profile: Candidates with strong EdTech sales experience, excellent communication skills, proven conversion ability, and stable career history.

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About upGrad

Founded :
2015
Type :
Product
Size :
1000-5000
Stage :
Raised funding

About

upGrad is an online higher education platform. Founded by Ronnie Screwvala, Mayank Kumar, Ravijot Chugh and Phalgun Kompalli in March’ 2015, upGrad provides rigorous industry-relevant programs designed and delivered in collaboration with world-class faculty and industry. Merging the latest technology, pedagogy, and services, upGrad is creating an immersive learning experience – anytime and anywhere.


Through exclusive partnerships with some of the most prominent universities like IIIT-Bangalore, MICA, BITS Pilani, ISB, Cambridge Judge Business School- our aim to impart university education, online.  

Learning online can be tough, especially when you have to do it all by yourself. Reasons why you should upskill with UpGrad:

  • We provide an engaging experience via our suite of learning applications right from the university applications till you get a job and transition
  • We provide structured online courses in collaboration with some of the prominent universities and industry experts
  • We co-create a rigorous curriculum in collaboration with these universities to provide the learners with a holistic learning experience
  • All our courses are comprehensive, structured and rigorous - delivered online, providing you the flexibility and opportunity of continuous learning
  • We conduct regular live lectures with the industry experts and the professors
  • Each of our learners is allocated with a dedicated student mentor who helps them chart a career path and motivates them to push themselves
  • We provide in-depth feedback on all the assignments, case studies, and projects
  • We have delivered 400+ successful career transitions and we’re committed to building careers of tomorrow
  • You get access to an alumni network of 3,000+ students across the globe
  • We also conduct periodic offline events like Hackathons, Bootcamps, Alumni Nights and connect you not only to the professors and industry experts but the peers in your batch too
  • Last but not the last, we provide career assistance and help all the learners with interview preparations, mentorship calls, and job placements even after the completion of the program



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